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Steve Marble

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Editor at Capital & Main, x L.A. Times editor | shared in 2011 Pulitzer | aging surfer | helpless Dodger fan| opinions are my own

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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · 6d

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 6d

California has nearly 300 data centers running around-the-clock power to run AI models like ChatGPT.

But by 2030, data centers in the state could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of Los Angeles to the grid.

Story by @aaroncantu.bsky.social

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The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California

By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.

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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · 15d

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Immigrants in ICE custody are being transferred to facilities further away from family and their lawyers.

One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.

Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Is Transferring People in Its Custody Away From Family, Lawyers

One group ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.

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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · 16d

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In May, New Mexico’s water quality commission issued a rule that banned fossil fuel wastewater from being used outside oilfield work and testing.

Emails now show that Gov. Lujan Grisham may have pushed the commission to overturn the ruling.

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New Mexico Governor Puts Finger on Scale in Oilfield Wastewater Vote

Gov. Lujan Grisham appears to push commission to overturn its recent ruling barring the use of produced water outside the oilfield.

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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · 23d

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 23d

Across the U.S., oil well operators declare bankruptcy and abandon highly contaminated and dilapidated facilities for state and federal agencies to clean up.

Such cleanup could cost New Mexico taxpayers $1.6 billion in the coming years.

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New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans

A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 29d

After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, ICE has strapped ankle monitors to many immigrants leaving court in an apparent shift in policy to increase the surveillance of immigrants.

Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Is Putting Ankle Monitors on People Who Show Up for Immigration Court Hearings

After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, Immigration and Customs officials implemented a strategy that tracks immigrants and makes them feel like criminals.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Aug 26

Trump’s campaign against immigrants is affecting their ability to work, and it's hurting businesses in California.

One restaurant owner says sales have dropped by 30%-40% because immigrant customers fear leaving their homes, reports @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE Raids Push Workers Into the Shadows, Disrupting the Economy

Trump's campaign against immigrants is affecting their ability to work, hurting businesses and eroding workers’ rights.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Aug 25

President Trump's flurry of actions — from mass layoffs and ICE raids to union-busting and tariffs — are straining U.S. workers and fueling uncertainty.

By @jessicagoodheart.bsky.social

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Trump’s Policies Are Adding Up to a Hostile Work Environment

A flurry of actions, from mass layoffs and ICE raids to union-busting and tariffs, are straining U.S. workers and fueling uncertainty.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Aug 6

Self-deport or remain locked up in crowded detention centers?

With a promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home, ICE is pressuring detained immigrants to give up their asylum cases and leave the U.S.

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ICE Is Pressuring People in Custody to Self-Deport. Many Are Giving Up.

A promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home tempts many who've grown weary of being locked up in crowded detention centers.

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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Aug 1

At least 9 U.S. citizens have been taken into the custody of agents with ICE or U.S. Customs and Border Protection after observing or protesting near immigration raids in the LA area.

@cerisecastle.bsky.social reports.

#ICEraids #ICE #Immigration #LosAngeles #LocalNews

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jul 29

Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” is a gift basket of conservative dreams bundled in one legislative act. But how will the bill affect oil and gas development, particularly in New Mexico?

@jfern.bsky.social discusses the bill with Kyle Tisdel @westernlaw.org:

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The Reality of Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’: A Generation’s Worth of Damage

Western Environmental Law Center attorney discusses New Mexico, the president's energy emergency and how we can emerge from the “ruins.”

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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · Jul 28

Trump Administration Moves to Cut Vital Petrochemical Watchdog, Putting Texans and Others at Risk - @Ellevarela capitalandmain.com/trump-admini...

Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jul 22

Even for those who worked alongside the U.S. military, the Trump administration has taken away ways for Afghans to reach safety — and loved ones — in the U.S.

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Broken Promise: How the Trump Administration Dismantled Pathways to Protection for Afghans

Even for those who worked alongside the U.S. military, the Trump administration has taken away ways for Afghans to reach safety — and loved ones — in the U.S.

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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · Jul 21

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jul 21

Old oil wells on the Navajo Nation reservation continue to spew chemical-laden water. Federal agencies have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up.

#NewMexico #NavajoNation
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On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow

Old oil wells on the reservation spew chemical-laden water. The feds have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jul 9

Trump’s proposed changes to FEMA & feud w/ Gov. Gavin Newsom could devastate California’s disaster response – leaving the state w/ a shortfall of emergency response resources that could cause an “apocalyptic scenario” for disaster victims.

@jeremotographs.bsky.social reports w/ @propublica.org

Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jul 8

In a video appearance with an immigration judge, a detainee pulled out a jar of bright red blood and set it on the table in front of him. Many of the people in the courtroom gasped in unison.

“I have cancer. This is the blood I’ve lost today.”

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With a Jar of Blood as Evidence, Detained Man Tells Immigration Judge ‘I am Dying Little by Little’

Judge denies bond for Guatemalan man worried about colon cancer as his condition appears to have grown worse in recent court hearings.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 30

The presence of ICE in Los Angeles has put the city on edge.

Now, once a week, volunteers patrol the streets across L.A., keeping watch with the aim of alerting the community to any #ICE operations.

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Trained Volunteers Patrol L.A. Streets as ICE Raids Intensify

Neighborhood groups monitor immigration enforcement amid rising fear and federal scrutiny.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 23

Since Trump’s reelection, the @nytimes.com and other news orgs, including @apnews.com and the @washingtonpost.com seem to have backed off from questioning his mental health — even though Trump’s statements have only become more dissociative and harder to follow.

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Sanewashing the President

Since his return, newsrooms have downplayed Trump’s decline, helping normalize a presidency defined by incoherence, paranoia, and cruelty.

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Steve Marble @stevemarble.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 20

While Trump considers expelling undocumented farm workers, California’s economy hangs in the balance.

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Uncertain Harvest: Agriculture’s Season of Gloom

While Trump considers expelling undocumented farm workers, California’s economy hangs in the balance.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 13

The once-declining Rust Belt city of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been bouncing back, partly thanks to immigration.

The Trump administration’s policies threaten that growth.

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Attacks on Immigrants Put Erie’s Revival in Danger

The once-declining Rust Belt city of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been bouncing back, partly thanks to immigration. The Trump administration’s policies threaten that growth.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 11

“Our forests are at a dire risk. That is part of climate change. That is daunting to think about."

A warming climate — fueled in part by New Mexico's oil and gas production — has parched rivers and turned forests to tinder, reports @jfern.bsky.social

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New Mexico’s Governor Declares Drought Emergency. Sort Of.

A warming climate — fueled in part by the state’s oil and gas production — has parched rivers and turned forests to tinder.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 10

In 2020, a Congressional oversight committee found that widespread failure to provide necessary medical care contributed to ICE detainee deaths.

At least six people have died in ICE custody since President Trump took office, per the @aila.org.

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Detained Man Says ICE Isn’t Treating His Colon Cancer

The Guatemalan man told officials that he had colon cancer when he first arrived at Otay Mesa Detention Center, according to his medical records.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 6

A waste incinerator, a paper plant and a sewage treatment facility are all jammed in a town of 35,000.

The community of Chester, Pennsylvania, has twice the asthma rate of the rest of the state, and the highest rate of infant mortality in the state.

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Pennsylvania Has Failed Environmental Justice Communities for Years. A New Bill Could Change That.

A waste incinerator, a paper plant and a sewage treatment facility all jammed in a town of 35,000. “Our children literally cannot breathe.”

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 6

Trump won Kentucky in the 2024 election by more than 30 percentage points.

The #OneBigBeautifulBill seeks to cut Medicaid funding to make permanent trillions of dollars in tax cuts. As many as 345,000 people in Kentucky could lose health care coverage.

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Trump Won Big in Kentucky. Medicaid Cuts Could Hit It Hard.

The state’s deep reliance on the program means proposed rollbacks would have an outsized impact.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 3

Scott’s role in the Hernández Rojas case isn’t the only part of his past that immigrant rights activists find problematic with his nomination.

Scott was also a member of a Border Patrol agent Facebook group that was filled with racist and sexist posts.

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Trump’s Nominee to Head Customs and Border Protection Could Be Implicated in Alleged Cover-Up

Rodney Scott led the U.S. Border Patrol sector in San Diego when officials killed immigrant Anastasio Hernández Rojas.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · Jun 3

An international human rights commission found that U.S. border officials were responsible for the death of Anastasio Hernández Rojas.

Rodney Scott was in charge of the San Diego Border Patrol Sector at the time of Hernández Rojas’ death.

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International Tribunal Condemns U.S. Border Officials for Torturing, Killing Immigrant

Case calls for sweeping reforms to police use-of-force, could set precedent for reexamining high-profile deaths.

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